Record Number: 1011

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"in spring 1800 ... [Heron] provided one of the first entries in [Wordsworth's] Commonplace Book ..."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1800 and 30 May 1800

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Heron

Title:

Observations Made in a Journey through the Western Countries of Scotland

Genre:

Poetry, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols, 1793

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1011

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

74

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799, (Cambridge, 1993), p. 74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1011, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 131 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799.